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Lexicon :: Strong's H3003 - yāḇēš

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יָבֵשׁ
Transliteration
yāḇēš
Pronunciation
yaw-bashe'
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Part of Speech
proper locative noun, proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
The same as יָבֵשׁ (H3002) (also Yabeysh {yaw-bashe'})
Strong’s Definitions

יָבֵשׁ Yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'; the same as H3002 (also יָבֵישׁ Yâbêysh; often with the addition of H1568, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine:—Jobesh (-Gilead).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x

The KJV translates Strong's H3003 in the following manner: Jabesh (12x), Jabeshgilead (12x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 24x
The KJV translates Strong's H3003 in the following manner: Jabesh (12x), Jabeshgilead (12x).

  1. Jabesh = "dry"

    proper locative noun

    1. a town in the territory of Gilead; according to Eusebius, it is beyond the Jordan, 6 miles (10 km) from Pella, on the mountain road to Gerasa; site unknown but may be modern 'Wadi Yabes'

      proper masculine noun

    2. father of Shallum, the 15th king of the northern kingdom

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
יָבֵשׁ Yâbêsh, yaw-bashe'; the same as H3002 (also יָבֵישׁ Yâbêysh; often with the addition of H1568, i.e. Jabesh of Gilad); Jobesh, the name of an Israelite and of a place in Palestine:—Jobesh (-Gilead).
STRONGS H3003: Abbreviations
† III. יָבֵשׁ, יָבֵישׁ proper name, of a location or person.
1. proper name, of a location יָבֵשׁ גִּלְעָד Jabesh of Gilead, Greek Version of the LXX Ιαβ(ε)ις Γαλααδ, exact site unknown, Judges 21:8, 9, 10, 12, 14; 2 Samuel 21:12; 1 Chronicles 10:11 (LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιαβις τῆς Γαλααδ); יָבֵישׁ גִּלְעָד 1 Samuel 11:1, 9; 1 Samuel 31:11; 2 Samuel 2:4, 5 (in these three LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Ιαβις τῆς Γαλαατιδιτος); יָבֵישׁ 1 Samuel 11:1, 3, 5, 9, 10; יָבֵשׁ 1 Chronicles 10:12; יָבֵ֑ישָׁה 1 Chronicles 10:12; || יָבֵ֫שָׁה 1 Samuel 31:12, 13.
2. proper name, of a person יָבֵשׁ father of Shallum 2 Kings 15:10, 13, 14.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Judges

21:8; 21:9; 21:10; 21:12; 21:14

1 Samuel

11:1; 11:1; 11:3; 11:5; 11:9; 11:9; 11:10; 31:11; 31:12; 31:13

2 Samuel

2:4; 2:5; 21:12

2 Kings

15:10; 15:13; 15:14

1 Chronicles

10:11; 10:12; 10:12

H3003

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H3003 matches the Hebrew יָבֵשׁ (yāḇēš),
which occurs 24 times in 21 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:8 - Then they asked, “Which one of the tribes of Israel failed to assemble before the LORD at Mizpah?” They discovered that no one from Jabesh Gilead had come to the camp for the assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:9 - For when they counted the people, they found that none of the people of Jabesh Gilead were there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:10 - So the assembly sent twelve thousand fighting men with instructions to go to Jabesh Gilead and put to the sword those living there, including the women and children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:12 - They found among the people living in Jabesh Gilead four hundred young women who had never slept with a man, and they took them to the camp at Shiloh in Canaan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:14 - So the Benjamites returned at that time and were given the women of Jabesh Gilead who had been spared. But there were not enough for all of them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 - Nahash[fn] the Ammonite went up and besieged Jabesh Gilead. And all the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will be subject to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:3 - The elders of Jabesh said to him, “Give us seven days so we can send messengers throughout Israel; if no one comes to rescue us, we will surrender to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:5 - Just then Saul was returning from the fields, behind his oxen, and he asked, “What is wrong with everyone? Why are they weeping?” Then they repeated to him what the men of Jabesh had said.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:9 - They told the messengers who had come, “Say to the men of Jabesh Gilead, ‘By the time the sun is hot tomorrow, you will be rescued.’ ” When the messengers went and reported this to the men of Jabesh, they were elated.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 11:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:10 - They said to the Ammonites, “Tomorrow we will surrender to you, and you can do to us whatever you like.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:11 - When the people of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:12 - all their valiant men marched through the night to Beth Shan. They took down the bodies of Saul and his sons from the wall of Beth Shan and went to Jabesh, where they burned them.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 31:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 31:13 - Then they took their bones and buried them under a tamarisk tree at Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:4 - Then the men of Judah came to Hebron, and there they anointed David king over the tribe of Judah. When David was told that it was the men from Jabesh Gilead who had buried Saul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 2:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 2:5 - he sent messengers to them to say to them, “The LORD bless you for showing this kindness to Saul your master by burying him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 21:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:12 - he went and took the bones of Saul and his son Jonathan from the citizens of Jabesh Gilead. (They had stolen their bodies from the public square at Beth Shan, where the Philistines had hung them after they struck Saul down on Gilboa.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:10 - Shallum son of Jabesh conspired against Zechariah. He attacked him in front of the people,[fn] assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:13 - Shallum son of Jabesh became king in the thirty-ninth year of Uzziah king of Judah, and he reigned in Samaria one month.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 15:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:14 - Then Menahem son of Gadi went from Tirzah up to Samaria. He attacked Shallum son of Jabesh in Samaria, assassinated him and succeeded him as king.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:11 - When all the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead heard what the Philistines had done to Saul,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 10:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 10:12 - all their valiant men went and took the bodies of Saul and his sons and brought them to Jabesh. Then they buried their bones under the great tree in Jabesh, and they fasted seven days.
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